Sault Ste. Marie news

• Storm brewing over Ottawa’s tax proposals

  04-09-2017 22:17
  OTTAWA – Ottawa’s fall parliamentary session is a couple of weeks away and Canadians are already getting a preview of what could be the season’s main event: a scrap over the Liberals’ proposed tax changes. The Trudeau government’s controversial plan is designed to close loopholes that it says give a growing number of wealthy, small-business […]
  
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• Annual Iron Bridge event aimed to please

  04-09-2017 21:46 via saultstar.com
  
  The Iron Bridge Fair Saturday was busy this year with perfect weather solid participation. Nathan Kirby won the children’s chili with stiff competition from nine others. Nicholas Kirby took first in the men’s division and Myrna Berager’s beef stew took first in the women’s. “Everyone loves the stew competition,” said event official Elaine Leslie. “
  
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• Fundraiser for Y's Strong Kids Campaign

  04-09-2017 21:34 via saultstar.com
  
  Dogs of all shapes and sizes took dips in the pool Monday during the Sault Ste. Marie YMCA’s Doggie Dip. The event was a fundraiser for the Strong Kids Campaign.
  
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• SKUSKY, Charles Bernard

  04-09-2017 19:05
  ∼June 17, 1923 – September 1, 2017∼ Peacefully at the F.J. Davey Home, Sault Ste Marie on Friday September 1, 2017. Bernard Skusky, formerly of Bruce Mines in his 95th year, beloved son of the late Harold and Mabel Skusky.  Dear brother of the late Doris Hindmarch and brother-in-law of Ray Hindmarch.  Special uncle to […]
  
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• Sault Ste. Marie and District Labour Council Labour Day celebrations

  04-09-2017 18:48 via saultstar.com
  
  Parade of Flags kicked off Sault Ste. Marie and District Labour Council Labour Day celebrations Monday at Roberta Bondar Park and Pavilion. This year’s theme was Fairness for All. Afternoon activities under the tent included face painting, balloon art, and minnow races. M&M barbecue crew supplied food free of charge.
  
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• MORPHY/DUNN, Margaret Dorothy (Clayton)

  04-09-2017 16:47
  ∼1926 – 2017∼ Peacefully, at the F.J. Davey Home with her daughter by her side on Saturday September 2, 2017 at the age of 91. Margaret Dorothy Clayton was born in Sault Ste. Marie on April 20, 1926 to Charles Clayton and Annie Hill. She was the cherished wife of the late Kenneth Carl Morphy […]
  
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• NAFTA: Negotiators encounter early snags

  04-09-2017 16:25
  MEXICO CITY – Negotiators have run into a series of early sticking points on nearly every major element considered key to achieving a new NAFTA agreement, The Canadian Press has learned. A recurring pattern involves one country raising a prized priority only to have other parties systematically refuse to engage the conversation, said one source […]
  
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• Back-to-school stationery a distraction

  04-09-2017 14:10
  TORONTO – Post-it notes with emojis. Locker magnets shaped like pizza and poop. Pencil boxes featuring T.rex. These are some of the many back-to-school items currently sitting on the shelves of a Walmart store in Toronto. But Rhonda Johnson, of Unionville, Ont., skipped all of that during a recent visit as she was browsing through […]
  
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• FLOOD, Eleanor

  04-09-2017 05:40
  Peacefully at the Sault Area Hospital on Friday, September 1, 2017 in her 86th year. Beloved wife of the late Link. Loving mother of Laura Hook (late John) and Penny Matte (Dan). Proud grandma of Amanda, Sherri, Donald and Erin. Great grandma of Miriam, Thomas and Gabriel. Predeceased by her brothers and sisters. Sister-in-law of […]
  
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• TURCHET, Francesco “Chechi”

  04-09-2017 05:32
  Passed away peacefully in his 91st year on Sept. 2, 2017 at Extendicare Maple View, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Dear husband of Lisetta (Barban). Loving father of Enzo (Geri) and Susan Koprash (George). Predeceased by his dear son, Dario (Marla). Devoted Nonno to Lisa Gamwell (Adam), Lynsey (Matt Droppo), Leanna (Mark Barsevskis), Cassandra (Adam Hughes), […]
  
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• HODGKINSON, Colleen (nee Kiely)

  04-09-2017 05:25
  Passed away peacefully at Sault Area Hospital on September 1, 2017 at the age of 78. Predeceased by her husband Gary. Lovingly remembered by her son, Kiely (Arianne). Special Grandmother of Corrina (Marc), Ren (Jaclyn) and Mark . Sister of Sandra Wellhausen (Bob) and in – laws of Joyce, late Wanda, late Shirley, Gloria, Blair, […]
  
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• Corn Maze Celebrates Canada 150 Theme

  04-09-2017 02:35
  This year’s Corn Maze at Mockingbird Hill Farm celebrates “Canada 150” by cutting the 150 logo into the corn. The three “150 Maple Leaves” represent our founders…Indigenous, French and English…and expresses a huge acknowledgement to all others who came to Canada to build this wonderful country. The Corn Maze is open daily, dawn to dusk […]
  
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